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ZINTAN, Libya (Reuters) - Saif al-Islam, a son of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, appeared in court on Thursday in the town of Zintan, where he had been held since his capture by former rebels in November 2011. Saif al-Islam, at the center of a legal tussle between Libya and the International Criminal Court (ICC), smiled and told reporters he was in good health during his brief appearance. The powerful armed group in Zintan, which spearheaded the capture of Tripoli from Gaddafi's forces in August 2011, has insisted on keeping Saif al-Islam imprisoned in the town, about 140 km (90 miles)

Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan will host the upcoming South African Indian Film and Television Awards (SAIFTA) ceremony in Durban, South Africa, organizers announced on July 16. Word came during an event promoting the awards in Mumbai, where organizers also announced the jury for the Sept. 6 kudos. Held to laud performers from Indian and South African film and TV, the honorees will be selected by a panel including Indian bizzers Shabana Azmi, Waheeda Rehman, Mukesh Bhatt, Boman Irani, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Farah Khan.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - SAIF Partners plans to launch a Greater China hedge fund, according to marketing material obtained by Reuters, becoming the first major Chinese private equity firm to branch out into the hedge world. SAIF, one of China's biggest homegrown private equity firms with about $4 billion under management, is currently speaking to investors about the plan, which is at an early stage. The SAIF Partners Greater China Fund will employ the long/short equity strategy, the most popular hedge fund strategy in Asia.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya, which wants to try Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam at home, expects the International Criminal Court (ICC) to decide in May whether it can do so, according to the Libyan lawyer handling the case. "We have submitted a great deal of evidence and documentation to convince them we are able," said Ahmed al-Jehani, the lawyer who liaises between the Libyan government and the ICC, which has indicted Saif al-Islam for war crimes. (Reporting by Jessica Donati; Editing by Alistair Lyon)

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya will not send Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the most prominent son of the country's former leader, to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, but will put him on trial in his own country, Justice Minister Ali Ashour said on Sunday. Saif al-Islam remains in a secret prison in the custody of the Zintan rebels who caught him last year and will be tried in Libya by Libyan judges on charges of financial corruption, murder and rape, Ashour told Reuters.

TRIPOLI, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Saif al-Islam, son of Libya's late ruler Muammar Gaddafi, will go on trial next month in the western town of Zintan, a government source said on Thursday. "The trial of Saif al-Islam is to start next month, probably the second week of the month," the source said. In April, Justice Minister Ali Ashour told Reuters Saif would be put on trial for financial corruption, murder and rape.

A woman charged with helping her boyfriend elude authorities who sought him on murder charges in Morris will be tried in Du Page County, a judge ruled Tuesday. Tammy Saif, 27, of Downers Grove, had told Grundy County police that she knew nothing of the whereabouts of Edward A. Moore Jr., 34, despite phone calls from Moore to her Du Page home. Moore was the focus of a nationwide hunt after Judith Zeman of Morris was beaten, raped, dragged outside her house, doused with gasoline and set ablaze on a pile of logs July 7. Zeman, 49, managed to give authorities information about her attacker before she died 15 hours after being found.